2021 TAC TITANS LONG COURSE PREMIER MEET
- Thursday, April 8 – Sunday, April 11, 2021
- Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary, North Carolina
- Long Course Meters (50 meters), Prelims/Finals
- Meet Central
- Live Stream
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
Starting off the last finals session of the TAC Titans LC Premier Meet in Cary tonight, 16-year-old Claire Curzan went well under the one-minute barrier in the 100 back, registering a new lifetime best of 59.37.
That’s a best by over six-tenths, erasing the 1:00.00 she swam at the 2019 World Junior Championships.
SPLITS
- 28.74
- 30.63
Curzan was out fast, but her back-half was what made more of a difference. When she went 1:00.00 to take silver at World Juniors, she was 28.87 going out and 31.13 coming home.
Previously ranked #7 all-time in the 15-16 age group with her old best, Curzan now jumps to #4 in the historical rankings.
U.S. GIRLS 100 BACK 15-16 TOP PERFORMERS
- Regan Smith – 58.83
- Phoebe Bacon – 59.02
- Missy Franklin – 59.18
- Claire Curzan – 59.37
- Isabelle Stadden – 59.71
- Rachel Bootsma – 59.77
- Elizabeth Pelton – 59.99
- Lucie Nordmann – 1:00.16
Looking at the top performers in U.S. history, Curzan shoots up to a tie at #12 with Amy Bilquist. Bilquist’s 59.37 is from the Olympic Trials final in 2016, where she placed third and just missed a spot on the Olympic team.
Curzan becomes the 22nd American woman to ever break a minute in this event, just a day after Rhyan White became the 21st to do so at the Pro Swim Series stop in Mission Viejo. She’s the ninth American woman to break a minute during the 2021 Olympic Trials qualifying period, which began on November 28, 2018, and she’s now ranked sixth amongst those names.
Curzan’s time moves her to #5 in the world this season.
2020-2021 LCM Women 100 Back
McKeown
57.45
| 2 | Regan Smith | USA | 57.64 | 07/29 |
| 3 | Kylie Masse | CAN | 57.70 | 06/19 |
| 4 | Kathleen Dawson | GBR | 58.08 | 05/23 |
| 5 | Olivia Smoliga | USA | 58.31 | 05/15 |
Video link?
Fork over the dough to watch anything at TAC. Just make sure you know it’s non-refundable. Gotta pay Curzan’s fees somehow!
Dude.
Wow seems like every couple of years, there’s a new up and coming star American female swimmer. Franklin, Ledecky, Smith, Curzan?
I would Love to see Kristin ottos record of 6 golds at one game gone for good
Ledecky definitely has a shot at tying it.
The conveyor belt of American talent is INSANE
Justin Ress also swam a 53.3 in the 100 back. That’s significant!
needs more pixeelllllllll
These two are now legitimate threats in a wide range of events at Trials. Huske will likely swim the 50 and 100 free, 100 fly, and 200 IM in Omaha. Curzan will almost surely go with the 50 and 100 free, 100 fly, and 100 back. They’re now the obvious favorites in the 100 fly, but you can’t rule either of them out in any of those other events, either. They certainly have youth and resilience and momentum on their side.
Curzan win 5 golds this summer?
The power of youth you say
A man of culture
Six athletes typically qualify for the women’s 100 meter freestyle for the Summer Olympics Games.